Example sentences of "[pron] wants [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nobody wants to invest in production , ’ says Grigoriev . |
| 2 | Nobody wants to look like material girl Madonna |
| 3 | It is true that St Bartholemew 's Hospital is threatened by the Government health policy which wants to invest in community care at the expense of some London hospitals . |
| 4 | She communicates basically by using a cannon communicator which types out what she wants to say onto ticker tape which she then tears off and hands to the person to whom she wants to talk . |
| 5 | but , when she says to her look , look father she wants to go to university |
| 6 | Well she wants to go to sleep but she also wanted to know what is happening . |
| 7 | I do n't think she 's all that keen on them , and sometimes she kicks them all out , if it 's getting late and she wants to go to bed . |
| 8 | When she wants to go to bed with me . |
| 9 | B-R has told Margaret Wilkinson that if she wants to go by rail she 'll have to get a narrower wheelchair . |
| 10 | Now this old girl is getting on and she wants to move into town . |
| 11 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |
| 12 | I 've got a friend who recently dyed her hair purple because everyone knows you are n't going to get a decent — not to mention interesting — job with a ‘ punky ’ hairstyle , pierced nose and scruffy clothes , and she wants to stay in college . |
| 13 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Who wants to go to university for heaven 's sake ! |
| 15 | And who wants to go to school in Hammersmith when you can live in the East End ? |
| 16 | Clearly it is vital to recruit more men or take account of the problems facing the married woman who wants to return to work . |
| 17 | Who wants to know about Blot ? ’ |
| 18 | Anyone who wants to help with sponsorship should contact Liz Tait . |
| 19 | With hundreds of items to return police say anyone who wants to inquire about property should ring 0285 641 723 . |
| 20 | If the exemption policy continues , one will probably find that the group of people one wants to bring into training is completely outwith the scope of the board . |
| 21 | De Sade said that if one wants to know about death one should look at sexual excitement . |
| 22 | Mr Lamont , who will be sipping at the despatch box from Highland Spring water and Highland Park whisky , has broken the traditional Treasury silence in the run-up to the Budget to fight for his political survival by stating publicly he wants to remain as Chancellor . |
| 23 | ‘ He wants to seem at ease and be friendly . ’ |
| 24 | So as soon as they start to fight Mercy starts trying to forgive Cruelty and Cruelty easily wins , whereas he wants to say of course that Cruelty , in this God-governed universe , is going to be defeated by Mercy . |
| 25 | Almost all of Bailey 's time now is spent with commercials , and he wants to move into feature films . |
| 26 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 27 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 28 | Cos that 's what no leave him , I think he wants to go to sleep . |
| 29 | Is this what he wants to hear on Radio 3 ? |
| 30 | ‘ He means he wants to stay in bed with Mary . ’ |